Another re-edit from Joshua Tree. It’s interesting going back through photos from just a few months ago and seeing how much I’ve learned in terms of editing. It just makes me that much more eager to keep learning.

The last stop of the day was Keys View for sunset 🌞 We almost missed it, but ended up making it just in time. It was so pretty and it made for the best drive out of the park. The trees looked amazing against the colorful sky. Seeing the sunset here is a must!! 🌄

Today we rose with the sun, ate a quick breakfast, and headed to Joshua Tree National Park for a hike up Inspiration Peak at Keys View. It was, to say the least, breathtaking—and not just because these out of shape lowlanders were over a mile up. Then we stopped to explore the strange, otherworldly rock formations at Cap Rock. Exhausted and sweaty, we took refuge at JT Country Kitchen and chowed down on a massive second breakfast (aka lunch) served by some of the friendliest and loveliest people on the face of the planet. All before noon!!!

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A re-edit of a photo I posted from Joshua Tree a few months ago. I tried to recreate the drama and depth that you only get when you’re there in person. I’ve been working on my editing techniques to be able to take what the camera captures as a pretty flat photo, and turn it into something with layers. Well, I might have just described an onion, but what can ya do?

Visited Joshua Tree National Park yesterday. Beautiful! One of the park's hot spots is Key's View. This is where bees like to meet up with cars after the drive up with the AC cranking. Apparently bees get thirsty in the desert too! Rangers told us on the way out they'd just reopened it the day before--they had to close it because of all the bees! Nope, no one got stung.
#keysview#joshuatree#bees#beesknees#beesgetthirstytoo#whoknew

I have never been to Coachella, but I have seen all 50 miles of the Coachella Valley and then some from a single vantage point.
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On the far right, you see the peak of San Gorgonio Mountain, the tallest point in southern California at 11.5 thousand feet above sea level. As I pan left you see Mount San Jacinto - only a few hundred feet lower - and the desert resort town of Palm Springs flatly sprawled out beneath it, taking up only the size of a thumbnail at arm's length from this dramatic perspective.
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About the middle of this scan are Indio, just a few feet above sea level, and Thermal, which is actually over 100 feet below sea level.
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All the way to the left you can easily make out the Salton Sea, which rests 235 feet below sea level. You can even make out Signal Mountain behind it, which is 95 miles away and near the US - Mexico border.
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Key's View was one of the most extraordinary and expansive views I have ever witnessed first hand. Enjoying this view for about an hour with my friend Will and a single chipmunk we fed water to was the highlight of my trip to Joshua Tree National Park.
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For the last three miles uphill to this vantage point, we were the only human beings around for miles, because the road was blocked off due to a bee infestation in the restroom at the end. So of course, we took our bikes around the baracade where everyone else was turning around in their cars, avoided the restroom at the end, and got to enjoy this view in complete solitude.
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That thrilling 10 minute bike ride downhill back to the car, while the sun was setting in glorious pink and orange hues, with the road all to ourselves, will forever linger in my mind as one of the most enjoyable bike rides of my entire life. ❤🌵🚴🏻‍♂️🏜
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#ExpansiveView#HighMountains#LowValleys#Coachella#CoachellaValley#SanGorgonio#SanJacinto#Indio#Thermal#SaltonSea#SignalMountain#KeysView#JoshuaTreeNationalPark#nature#solitude#LoveforLive#BeSomebody